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Table 1 Overview of assessments, source of data and time of assessment

From: The Norwegian Cognitive impairment after stroke study (Nor-COAST): study protocol of a multicentre, prospective cohort study

T0: Baseline, T1: Three months follow-up, T2: 18 months follow-up, T3: Three years follow-up Medical records Examination Questionnaire Proxy T0 T1 T2 T3
Demographics x   x   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Health history    x x ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Medication x   x x ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Magnetic Resonance Imaging   x    ✓   ✓ ✓
Clinical blood samples   x    ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Biobanking   x    ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Stroke characteristics         
 National Institute of Health Stroke Scale – NIHSS   x    ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Oxfordshire Stroke /TOAST classification x     ✓    
Activities of Daily Living (ADL)         
 Modified Rankin Scale (mRS)   x x x ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Barthel Index   x x x ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Nottingham E-ADL    x x ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Cognitive function         
 Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)   x    ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Trail making Test A + B      ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Ten-word immediate and delayed recall test (CERAD)   x     ✓ ✓ ✓
 The Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT)   x     ✓ ✓ ✓
 Global Deterioration Scale (GDS)   x x x ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 The Ascertain Dementia 8-item Informant Questionnaire (AD8)    x x ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 The Confusion Assessment Method (4-item CAM) x     ✓    
Mental function         
 Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)    x    ✓ ✓ ✓
 Cornell Scale for depression in Dementia    x x   ✓ ✓ ✓
 Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q)    x x   ✓ ✓ ✓
 Line bisection neglect test   x    ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Health Related Quality of Life         
 EQ-5d-5 L    x    ✓ ✓ ✓
Physical function         
 Short Physical performance Battery (SPPB)   x    ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 10 m gait speed   x    ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Dual task gait (counting backwards)   x    ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 360 degrees   x    ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 One-leg stand   x    ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Nine-hole peg   x    ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Grip strength (Jamar)   x    ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Physical Activity         
 ActivPal (accelerometer)   x    ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Frailty         
 FRAIL Scale    x   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Fatigue Severity Scale (FFS)    x    ✓ ✓ ✓
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BMC Neurology

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